单项选择题

案例分析题College students are more stressed out than ever before—at least according to the latest findings of a large,national survey that has been conducted annually for the last 25years.The survey includes more than 200,000students【C1】______nearly 300colleges and asks them to【C2】______how their own mental health【C3】______their classmates —for example,is it ’above average’or in the ’highest 10%’?This【C4】______unusual methodology typically results in the statistical Lake Woebegon effect in which most people【C5】______to overestimate themselves in relation to others (it refers to the fictional Lake Woebegon,where ’all the women are strong,all the men are good-looking and all the children are above average’).【C6】______the most recent results indicate that fewer and fewer freshmen feel like they are in top form.in terms of【C7】______stress.So whats going on?Obviously,the economy and high unemployment might【C8】______the increase in stress.A much more precise large study recently found that empathy【C9】______college students had declined 40%since 2000—and since caring relationships are【C10】______to mental (and physical)health,a decline in empathy could also produce a decline in mental health and coping.My final point brings us back to my earlier post on a Stanford study that looked at the psychological【C11】______of comparing ourselves to others.It found that the way people are incline to【C12】______their negative emotions while broadcasting their happy ones makes the rest of us feel somehow ’less than’—【C13】______all our friends and neighbors have better lives than we【C14】______This【C15】______,too,might tie into why the new survey,’The American Freshman:National Norms,Fall 2011,’found that students are feeling less【C16】______about their level of emotional and mental stability.If all the students around you are desperately trying to【C17】______a happy face—and you【C18】______that face as a true reflection of their【C19】______selves,even as you work to hide your own【C20】______—well,its not surprising that so many students might be getting a bit strained.

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A.anxious
B.passive
C.confident
D.rational